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[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by counterfactual

Mark, you actually read my mind! When I wrote my original post, I was going to reference this exact building, and go find the old posts on point. But then I got lazy and just made the flat-iron reference.

Thanks for being less lazy than me, and finding the old pic. I think it would be awesome to try to do a re-make of this beautiful building, and this is the perfect plot.

Can someone email Mark's idea to Danny? I'm actually serious about this.

LOL, actually it's your idea. Your comment just rang a bell in my head that if you could pick up this building (would also require a time machine... lol) and put it on that piece of land it would probably fit. The pic was easy to find because it was in the first page of the Historic Halifax thread that I was beating my head against for a couple of weeks.

And some more floors would make the small footprint much more usable...

It does make me seriously wonder if there is some way, using today's materials and technology, to do homage to this building and not make it look hokey (or "faux heritage"). I would applaud heartily and raise a glass to anybody who could pull it off.

[counterfactual]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

LOL, actually it's your idea. Your comment just rang a bell in my head that if you could pick up this building (would also require a time machine... lol) and put it on that piece of land it would probably fit. The pic was easy to find because it was in the first page of the Historic Halifax thread that I was beating my head against for a couple of weeks.

And some more floors would make the small footprint much more usable...

It does make me seriously wonder if there is some way, using today's materials and technology, to do homage to this building and not make it look hokey (or "faux heritage"). I would applaud heartily and raise a glass to anybody who could pull it off.

Good point about faux heritage often being a problem. I think you could pull it off, maybe making it more modern looking, with class, but with a clear homage to this older building in the overall shape and design of the new. They could even name it the same building. I think *that* would be innovative.

[Drybrain]

Originally Posted by counterfactual

Both of these are nice, with the latter actually quite stunning. I love the contrast between the new/modern glass and the old church structure. Would love to see something like this in Halifax.

I hope Danny realizes he's building opposite one of our most stunning buildings in the Library and he rises to meet that challenge.

He should hire these guys, then, and ask them to design something that gracefully marries as much as possible of the existing buildings (except the TD/Sleep Country building--that can go) with something totally new.

In my ideal world, anyway.

[counterfactual]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

He should hire these guys, then, and ask them to design something that gracefully marries as much as possible of the existing buildings (except the TD/Sleep Country building--that can go) with something totally new.

In my ideal world, anyway.

Email him this idea. And also email him Mark's idea. Suggest either.

[JET]

Fireside and Tom's Little Havana are moving Oct 1 to City Centre Atlantic mall; they will share a kitchen.

[counterfactual]

Originally Posted by JET

Fireside and Tom's Little Havana are moving Oct 1 to City Centre Atlantic mall; they will share a kitchen.

Hmm. A mall? Not ideal at all.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by counterfactual

Hmm. A mall? Not ideal at all.

They will have their own street-level entrances and one supposes given the near nil foot traffic in that mall, that there will be very little interaction with whatever remains in that mall.

[Hali87]

Cora's and Sushi Nami are both in that mall and both seem to do well.

[Empire]

Originally Posted by JET

Fireside and Tom's Little Havana are moving Oct 1 to City Centre Atlantic mall; they will share a kitchen.

Hopefully something will stop this mediocre at-best development. Tom's Little Havana and the Fireside are what make this struggling city unique. This proposal does nothing to improve the Spring Garden Road area. This has Halifax written all over it.................

[terrynorthend]

Originally Posted by Empire

Hopefully something will stop this mediocre at-best development. Tom's Little Havana and the Fireside are what make this struggling city unique. This proposal does nothing to improve the Spring Garden Road area. This has Halifax written all over it.................

Well I wouldn't mind if Tom's comes out of this with a little more seating. Hopefully it will retain its character. Any idea what street they will front?

[JET]

Originally Posted by terrynorthend

Well I wouldn't mind if Tom's comes out of this with a little more seating. Hopefully it will retain its character. Any idea what street they will front?

Pete's is also in that mall. The entrance will be on Birmingham Street. Anyone remember the Birmingham Street Grill when it was on Birmingham Street?

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by terrynorthend

Well I wouldn't mind if Tom's comes out of this with a little more seating. Hopefully it will retain its character. Any idea what street they will front?

Here's what they Tweeted:

[counterfactual]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

They will have their own street-level entrances and one supposes given the near nil foot traffic in that mall, that there will be very little interaction with whatever remains in that mall.

Okay, if they have their own street-level entrance, that's much better. Thanks for the info, Keith.

[JET]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

Here's what they Tweeted:

Keith, You tweet? I'm glad I was sitting down.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by JET

Keith, You tweet? I'm glad I was sitting down.

I lurk, not Tweet.

[beyeas]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

Last week I was in Ottawa and was walking up Wellington (right around the Supreme Court) and noticed St. Andrew's church, which is somewhat similar to what is proposed in Saint John (although I like how it was done in SJ better).

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.420638,-7...3m2!1sNh2MJuMGKF7HvAkz8lKGjA!2e0!6m1!1e1

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

A few days ago I was made aware of The Acre, an with work in Saint John and NYC (an odd combo).

What did Saint John do to deserve better residential architecture than Halifax?

A little more background info:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/gothic-arches-sold-to-toronto-developer-1.1237347

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/saint-john-s-gothic-arches-to-be-converted-into-condos-1.1373241

Info on the project:

http://property.trovit.ca/index.php/cod....origin.2/section.7/section_type.1/pop.0/

[OldDartmouthMark]

Bids coming in for the old Dartmouth City Hall:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1290885-hrm-receives-at-least-one-bid-for-old-city-hall-building

This quote outlines the issue quite succinctly:

Developer Basim Halef said he has a lot of projects on the go and wasn’t interested in taking on the old Dartmouth city hall.

“With everything that is getting built around that area, I just don’t think it’s the right product for us,” he said.

When asked about the height restrictions he said “that’s the whole problem.”

“To go into something like that, you buy something and you pay millions of dollars and then you wait two or three years (for a development agreement) and by that time the economic cycle has completely changed,” Halef said.

[counterfactual]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

Bids coming in for the old Dartmouth City Hall:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1290885-hrm-receives-at-least-one-bid-for-old-city-hall-building

This quote outlines the issue quite succinctly:

The quote really shows how important HRMxD has been for downtown development.

I have no doubt development certainty has been a huge factor in promoting more, and faster, development.

[planarchy]

Street View

Lowen Group looking for 30 storeys here. 4 level podium and 26 levels of residential. Apparently an informal open house was held with the neighbours last week.